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Highest Drug Use: 329thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 717thLargest Gambling Industry: 818th
The Colony of
Anarchy
Freedom is given to the virtuous and the wicked.
Queen Dysnomia
Influence
Sprat
Region
Civil Rights
Superb
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Superb

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Diaboland

Population4.722 billion

CapitalSpira
LeaderQueen Dysnomia

Currencycobalt
Animaldevil dog

The Colony of Diaboland is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Queen Dysnomia with a fair hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, smutty television, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 4.722 billion Diablans live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The relatively small, corrupt, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Spira. The average income tax rate is 29.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Diablian economy, worth 832 trillion cobalts a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Soda Sales, and Gambling. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 176,215 cobalts, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Notable individuals are granted land and titles, cosmopolitan citizens ask what their countries can do for them, children as young as six shock their parents by coming out of the closet, and dozens of viewers go online to hear whether a comma has been added to Clause 5 in Subsection B of Law 58375. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Diaboland's national animal is the devil dog, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Diaboland is ranked 7,275th in the world and 357th in Lazarus for Most Cultured, scoring 138 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.

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Highest Drug Use: 329thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 717thLargest Gambling Industry: 818thHighest Crime Rates: 1,092ndFattest Citizens: 1,286thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 1,347thLargest Retail Industry: 2,106thMost Rebellious Youth: 2,163rdRudest Citizens: 2,618thMost Armed: 2,685thTop
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Most Avoided: 3,442ndHighest Disposable Incomes: 4,305thLargest Publishing Industry: 5,593rdMost Inclusive: 5,632ndMost Cheerful Citizens: 6,831stMost Cultured: 7,275thHighest Food Quality: 10,096thNicest Citizens: 11,337thLargest Information Technology Sector: 12,161stMost Compassionate Citizens: 12,813thHighest Poor Incomes: 13,041stLargest Black Market: 13,460thMost Scientifically Advanced: 14,229thHighest Average Incomes: 14,331stLargest Welfare Programs: 14,630thTop
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Highest Foreign Aid Spending: 16,516thMost Secular: 18,274thSmartest Citizens: 19,958thMost Valuable International Artwork: 20,537thMost Corrupt Governments: 21,580thMost Efficient Economies: 21,807thMost Advanced Public Education: 28,111thMost Advanced Public Transport: 30,362nd
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Highest Drug Use: 14th in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 20th in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 40th in the regionFattest Citizens: 54th in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 73rd in the regionHighest Crime Rates: 74th in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 92nd in the regionRudest Citizens: 106th in the regionMost Rebellious Youth: 107th in the regionTop
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Most Armed: 143rd in the regionMost Avoided: 216th in the regionMost Inclusive: 241st in the regionLargest Publishing Industry: 263rd in the regionHighest Disposable Incomes: 284th in the regionMost Cheerful Citizens: 348th in the regionMost Cultured: 357th in the regionHighest Food Quality: 543rd in the regionNicest Citizens: 627th in the regionTop
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Largest Information Technology Sector: 701st in the regionMost Compassionate Citizens: 730th in the regionLargest Welfare Programs: 848th in the regionMost Scientifically Advanced: 865th in the regionMost Extensive Civil Rights: 874th in the regionHighest Poor Incomes: 880th in the regionHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 965th in the regionMost Valuable International Artwork: 978th in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 1,081st in the regionLargest Black Market: 1,126th in the regionMost Secular: 1,141st in the regionLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 1,182nd in the regionSmartest Citizens: 1,235th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Diaboland was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Advanced Public Transport.
  • : Diaboland was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Advanced Public Transport.
  • : Diaboland was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Welfare Programs.
  • : Following new legislation in Diaboland, dozens of viewers go online to hear whether a comma has been added to Clause 5 in Subsection B of Law 58375.
  • : Following new legislation in Diaboland, children as young as six shock their parents by coming out of the closet.
  • : Following new legislation in Diaboland, cosmopolitan citizens ask what their countries can do for them.
  • : Following new legislation in Diaboland, notable individuals are granted land and titles.
  • : Following new legislation in Diaboland, everybody's got wood thanks to Queen Dysnomia.
  • : Following new legislation in Diaboland, only the richest get to see out of their windows.
  • : Following new legislation in Diaboland, treason is relative.

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